Two killed in Cox’s Bazar road accident

Two killed in Cox’s Bazar road accident

A biker and his pillion rider were killed when a bus hit their motorcycle in Baniachara area of Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria upazila on Wednesday morning.

The accident took place at about 10:00am on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway.

The deceased were identified as Mohammad Ismail Siddiki and Arman Shakil, residents of Bandarban’s Lama upazila’s Faitong area.

Imran Chowdhury, of Chiringa Highway police station, said a Cox’s Bazar-bound bus of Greenline Paribahan hit the motorcycle and left the two dead on the spot.

Police seized the bus, but the driver fled the scene.

Legal proceedings were underway, he said.